• LAWRENCE: Deadline nears for school board candidates

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With less than four weeks until the June 4 nominating deadline, only one of four Lawrence Township Board of Education members whose three-year terms are expiring has indicated an interest in seeking re-election.    Michael Horan, who is filling out a one-year unexpired term, said he plans to run for re-election.…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Week of May 9

    Thurs., May 8 Fri., May 9 Sat., May 10    The Bordentown Elks Auxiliary is having its annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale at the Elks Lodge, 11 Amboy Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 11    The 17th annual Franklin Carr Memorial Iris Festival & Garden Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 7…

  • LAWRENCE: Fundraisers set to fund fireworks

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With three fundraisers for the annual Fourth of July fireworks show in the offing — including one at the Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant at the Mercer Mall today, Thursday — Lawrence Township officials are closing in on the goal of raising $35,000 for the event.    About $24,600 has been raised so…

  • MANSFIELD: Community information

    MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP 609-298-0542 Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. M-F http://www.mansfieldburlington.com Mayor Arthur R. Puglia Tax Rate 2011-12: Our 2011 Final Tax Rate is $1.925 per $100 of assessed value, an overall decrease of 1% from our 2010 rate of $1.939 per $100. On a property assessed at the average assessed value of $339,100, the…

  • West Windsor: Community information

    West Windsor Township Formed on March 9, 1750, West Windsor Township was originally known as Windsor Township, named after the Royal House of Windsor in England. It became known as West Windsor Township in 1797. The community is 27 square miles of relatively level land, bordered by the Millstone River. It developed into a prosperous…

  • LAWRENCE: Mrs. G project vote could be next week

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Zoning Board of Adjustment expects to wrap up its public hearing and vote on an application to redevelop the Mrs. G’s TV and Appliance property, on the corner of Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road, Wednesday night.    The 7 p.m. meeting will be held in the lower level conference…

  • ROCKY HILL: Community information

    ROCKY HILL: Community information

    Rocky Hill Borough Sitting in the southeast corner of Somerset County, Rocky Hill was settled in 1701. In November 1783, following the close of the American Revolutionary War, General George Washington gave his "Farewell Address to the Army" there. corporated as a separate municipality in 1890 and named for the Rocky Hill Ridge. It was…

  • FLORENCE: Burlington Coat Factory plants roots

    FLORENCE: Burlington Coat Factory plants roots

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — Burlington Coat Factory is a month into the beginning of its project to build a new 215,000 square-foot corporate headquarters on Route 130.    Last month, Burlington Coat Factory executives and Florence and state officials gathered in Burlington Township, at a nearby BCF facility, to participate in an official…

  • LAWRENCE: School play wins ‘Best’ at festival

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    It’s not quite the same as winning a Tony Award for a Broadway play, but being named the “Best Overall Production” at a student theater festival — as Lawrence High School’s Theater IV class learned — is the next best thing.    In a first for Lawrence High School, its Theater…

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